Mike Bates

Feel like your heart’s not really in the attempt to score greenies. C’mon Jay, throw your weight around

I wish you could have enjoyed more of the bounteous wonder of the great state of Minnesota. But I'm sure the drinks were top notch.

That’s friendship.

For the record, B, I’d get you a drink even if you didn’t look like you needed it.

If Eric Chavez had bought me a new laptop to replace the one he broke with a foul ball in 2013, maybe karma would have skipped him this time around.

Oh good. I was worried you guys had given up.

Just listen to a recording of people yelling at one another and you've got the gist.

I don't finnwolf very often. But when I do, I finnwolf HARD.

Oof. Devastating.

Depends entirely on the tone with which the podcast and the penis are addressed. She seems very reverential.

Sure, but when I put a Cam next to the Schlitter, I have to talk to the cops!

A well earned rest for one of the best of us.

Like, why do I think that? Successful minor league manager with no MLB track record means they can hype him up without paying him. Also, it's a promotion from within of a guy they like.

Man, I would have loved to fight for my Masters. Instead, I went to school for it like an idiot. Two years wasted!

I would bet money right now that Brian Dinkelman winds up as the manager of the Twins.

Bitch, only the Gramercy Riffs and Lynne Thigpen can do that.

AI gonna talk the cancer into becoming more deadly.

Have you guys heard of this Tarik Skubal guy? Seems pretty good.

Right out of the Nazi playbook.

Bye Rocco,

You seemed like a very nice guy who got hosed by your owners' and front office's failures, and I'm sure many people will miss you. Hope you land on your feet.

Aha! I somehow got logged out of my MLB account on my PS5. Mystery solved. I'm the idiot as usual.

I'm confused as to why the Twins game is blacked out for me on Twins.TV.

And, to be clear, she introduced herself to me after hearing @billtwibh.bsky.social and I talk a lot about MST3K during intermission. I don’t typically recognize and bother the wives of Minnesota-based comedy legends.

Also, it was very funny and I laughed a lot.

At the last one of these, I sat next to @billcorbett.bsky.social’s wife. She was very nice and promised to tell Bill that he, Mike and @kevinwmurphy.bsky.social were tragically responsible for most of my sense of humor, such as it is. You should go. Perhaps you will have a similar brush with fame!

Viva bedlam!

It's like you've never met Senate Democrats.

Clutch fielding!

Fair enough. I've been off Larnach since '23, so it's no skin off my back. I'm pretty "meh" on Clemens as well, but I definitely see a better chance for him to be useful in '26. I just don't want him getting 400 plate appearances.

We just need the drum kit.